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J-Talks Live - Behind the Scenes of Covering COVID-19: The View from Vancouver

May 14, 2020 - From the outset, COVID-19 has been a fast-moving, relentless challenge for journalists across Canada and around the world. How do you report the news while working from home? Are there regional differences to this story? Vancouver’s Ian Hanomansing, weekend host of CBC News’s The National, reveals the challenges broadcast journalists face reporting in this social-distancing environment and shares his perspective on covering the pandemic from British Columbia where Canada’s first community-transmission cases appeared. Hanomansing is in conversation with host Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More.

 

 

J-Talks Live - Beyond Quarantine: The View from Beijing

May 7, 2020 - All eyes still remain on China, where COVID-19 first emerged, strict quarantine measures have been relaxed and attempts at resuming regular activities have begun, albeit with the use of controversial tools such as digital surveillance. From his base in Beijing, Nathan VanderKlippe, Asia correspondent for The Globe and Mail, shares his perspective on the pandemic’s outbreak in China and the issues arising from this new, post-lockdown life—including insights into what Canadians might expect once current restrictions are lifted. He’ll be in conversation with our host Anna Maria Tremonti, also host of the CBC podcast More.

J-Talks Live - Covering COVID-19: Featuring health journalist André Picard

April 23, 2020 - When Globe and Mail columnist André Picard speaks, Canadians pay attention. He is our country’s pre-eminent health journalist, named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” in 2011 by the Canadian Public Health Association. In early March, when the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada was just beginning to register, Picard was one of the first calling for strong social distancing measures, with a clear call to “Shut it Down.” Join this award-winning journalist in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More, for an insightful discussion about how he reports with authority on the coronavirus and the vital information Canadians need to stay safe and healthy at a time when misinformation abounds.

J-Talks Live - Recognizing Disinformation Amidst COVID-19

April 9, 2020 - In the first of our new J-Talks Live webcast series hosted by award-winning broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More, Jane Lytvynenko, senior reporter with BuzzFeed News, explores disinformation around the coronavirus outbreak, including the online rumours, fake texts and propaganda fuelling panic and anxiety as well as driving people to false cures. This session will help you recognize the misinformation in your midst.

CJF J-Talk - The Time is Now: Amplifying Women's Voices in Media

Toronto, March 5, 2020 - With women’s perspectives underrepresented in media, how can journalists increase the gender mix and diversity of their news sources and the experts they quote? This panel discussion will explore the outcome and ongoing challenges of a dedicated global project to increase the voices of women in news. Initiated and run by United for News, a global coalition founded by Internews in partnership with the World Economic Forum, the project aims to build trust in journalism by making it more representative of its diverse audiences. 

The conversation features: Deborah Ensor, senior vice-president of technical leadership for Internews, lead of the Reflect Reality initiative, and the Canadian pilot of the project; Melissa Stasiuk, head of programming with The Globe and Mail, a project participant and Evelyn Kwong, social media and audience lead with the Toronto Star, and part of a newsroom committee launched as a result of the project. Shari Graydon, founder of Informed Opinions, a leader in helping bridge the gender gap in Canadian media, will also join the conversation. The discussion is moderated by Supriya Dwivedi, host of The Morning Show on Global News Radio 640.

The Podcast Promise

Toronto, Feb. 6, 2020 - Podcasting has become a rare bright spot for the news industry. According to a recent report from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, the number of news podcasts globally rose by almost 12,000 in just 10 months, between January and October 2019. Whether it be true crime investigations, daily news, marginalized voices, niche topics or in-depth conversations, podcasts are also taking hold throughout Canada. What is this popular new journalism all about and why does it matter to the profession’s future? Master interviewers, expert storytellers and those who bring a depth of subject-specific knowledge share their experiences of launching a podcast in Canada and the challenges of creating compelling audio narratives.

Join our speakers:

• Award-winning podcaster Connie Walker, former host of Missing & Murdered from CBC News and CBC Podcasts, now developing a podcast for Gimlet Media out of New York
• Anna Maria Tremonti, host of new CBC podcast More
• Vicky Mochama, podcast host and principal at Vocal Fry Studios, and Culture and Society editor at The Conversation Canada
• Political strategist David Herle, principal partner of The Gandalf Group and host of The Herle Burly
• Moderated by BuzzFeed News editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a co-host of Party Lines from CBC News and CBC Podcasts

CJF J-Talk - Ronan Farrow on Lies, Power and Predators

Toronto, Dec. 3, 2019 - In his book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow sheds light on the stranger-than-fiction challenges of reporting on his Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker exposé of one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers. Farrow reveals the inexplicable resistance he faced from the major television network where he worked and how he himself became the target of intimidation tactics as he got closer to the truth, the conspiracies and the cover-ups—similar strategies long deployed to silence victims of sexual abuse. Join Farrow in conversation with Globe and Mail investigative reporter Robyn Doolittle, author of Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo?

CJF J-Talk - BuzzFeed: From Listicles to Hard News

Toronto, Nov. 7, 2019 - Hired as editor-in-chief in 2012, Ben Smith did for BuzzFeed—then best known for its lists, quizzes and viral videos—what few in the industry get to do: he built a news division from scratch. Although BuzzFeed’s entry into serious journalism was met with some skepticism, Smith grew its newsroom into a now-established force that has both garnered awards and generated controversy. In a conversation with Jayme Poisson, host of the CBC News podcast Front Burner, Smith discusses what’s next for BuzzFeed News.

Doubt It? Check It. Challenge It. Combatting Misinformation: Strategies by Canada’s News Leaders and Tools for Digital Citizens

Oct. 2, 2019 - With the federal election approaching, how can we work together to spot and stop the spread of misinformation and outright lies, so voters can make informed decisions at the polls? 
 
In a special pre-election luncheon event, news leaders from across Canada’s major media will talk about the steps they are taking to combat ‘fake news’. And, we’ll share the smart strategies Canadians can adopt to verify information with the launch of CJF’s Doubt It? campaign, a NewsWise project.

Allan Gregg, a principal with Earnscliffe Strategy Group, moderates this discussion featuring:
•    Kenton Boston, vice-president, national and network news, Global News
•    Dennis Choquette, head of enterprise, The Globe and Mail
•    Wendy Freeman, president, CTV News
•    Anthony Furey, national columnist and national comment editor, Sun/Postmedia
•    Irene Gentle, editor, Toronto Star
•    Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief, CBC News
•    Julie Traves, deputy editor, National Post

Funding for NewsWise provided by Google.org

CJF J-Talk - Fighting 'Fake News' Ahead of the Election: Talk 2

Sept. 16, 2019 - Over the past three years, the precipitous rise of ‘fake news’ online has become one of the biggest challenges for democracies around the world. In the second talk of this two-part conversation, hear Kaleigh Rogers from CBC News and Jane Lytvynenko from BuzzFeed News discuss how misinformation is spreading in Canada and what we can all do in this battle to stop its spread. Moderated by Farah Nasser, from Global News.

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